Adjusting and securing device for closures



F. E. CARLISLE. l ADJUSTING AND' SEGURING DEVICE FOR CLOSURES.

' APPucmon man :uw s. 191s.

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'l citizen-of the United States,

UNITED ,sTATnsfieATENT ornIon.v

Y FRED E. CARLISLE,- oFwIIrrE RIVER JUNCTION, VERMOT.

' ADJUSTING AND sn'oUIiIive n nvrcii Fon cLosUIaEs.

TofaZZ/whom t mag/Concern: Y

Be it known that I, FRED CARLISLE, -a residing at #l Unionv street,White River Junction, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont,have' invented new and useful Improvements Vin Adjusting andSecuringDevices for Closures, of whichthe following is a specification.Y

'Ihe invention relates to 'closures andhas for an `object to provide adevice-for supporting a closure and permitting an adjustment thereofrelative to its frame or other part of a building or structure, withwhich the closure is associated.

4The invention is particularly adapted for use in connection with blindsand doors and various forms of closures, such as, swinging windows andthe like, and to'this end provides a device efecting the swinging of theclosure upon its frame or a support, with a means for securing theclosure in an open, closed or semi-closed position; also preventing anyrattling of the closure, as in the case of a shutter which wouldordinarily tend to rattle if not properly held.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this speciication, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which- Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevationlooking at the edge or face of the frame, showing mv device.

Fig. 2 is a plan View showing the closure in a slightly differentposition.

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view,

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view taken substantially on the line H ofFig.4 2,

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a slightly modified form of the device,and

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view taken through the same.

Referring more particularly to the views, the numeral 1() indicates awindow or door frame, and the numeral 11 a closure such as a shutter ordoor. A bracket 12 is secured to the frame 10 and a second bracket 13-issecured to an edge of the closure 11, the bracket 12 having ahorizontally projecting plate 14, and the bracket 13 being provided witha similar horizontally projecting plate 15. The plate 14 is formed witha notch 16, and the plate 15 has a series of notches 17, the platesbeing arranged in v j Specification of Letters Patent., y PatetedMay 20,1919 "-App1iationfneamye,191s." serialim'.243,57 2.

superposed position, and held together by a suitable pintle 18,'servingto'liinge the cloj sure l1 upon the frame 10.,

The-bracket 12 is formed with a projecting arm 19 to swingingly supp-ortbymeans 0f a pin or screw 20, a latch or keeper 21,

saidlscrew also serving to hold the bracketl v15, upon swinging theclosure, can be brought into registration with the notch in the upperplate 14, and that when one of the notches in the plate 15 registerswith the notch in the plate 14, the cam or head of the keeper, passingthrough the registering notches will tend to lock the two plates againstrelative movement, or in other words, prevent any further swinging ofthe closure. It will be clear that by having the handle weighted thatthe keeper will naturally tend to swing so that the head or cam thereofwill extend into the notches when they are brought into registration,and by having the cani formed with pointed ends and the curved sides asmentioned heretofore, it will be seen that the cam of the keeper willreadily dispose itself in the registering notches, and the curved sidesfrictionally engaging curved faces 26 of the notches will result in alocking action that will prevent any rattling of the closure relative tothe frame. By having the notches in the lower plate formed at specifiedpoints thereon,l it will be seenthat the closure can be locked in closedposition relative to the frame, in open position relative'to the frame,

and in what might be termed a semi-open position. Or it may be, ifdesired, arranged to be locked in an entirely open or closed vent thekeeper Virolnvlpassing all thefway i through the notches that are inregistration. The edge of the cam' in this ins-tance, fur# thermore, isconvex7T as. shown at, 33,. so. as to bring about a frictionalengagement with the inner faces of the notches that are inregistration', and thus of the closure relative to the:- frame,l whenthe closure is secured in a rigid position.

From thel foregoing description it. Will bey scent that the deviceldescribed consists of few parts that can be cheaply manufactured,

l land that it will eiiect'ively` perform the functionY for Which itisadapted; the inven-y tionv eoinprehendingparticularly a structure getout of order,. and.

that cannot readily which can be manufactured at. a: low cost..

A device for supporting and securing a' closure uponv itsframe,comprising a bracket securedto the closure and including a horizontalplate projecting from the bracket, abracket secured upon the frame andinclud:-r

prevent any rattlingv ing a horizontal plate projecting at right anglesto the second named Qbracket, said brackets being arranged in superposedrelationand. contacting With each other and pivotally connected; saidfirst named bracket Vbeing provided with a plurality of notches andisaid second named bracket plate being-1 30 vprovided with a. singlenotch adapted to be registered with by a selected one of said firstnamed notches, a. vertically sW-ingable* latchY member' pivotedl upon,said second namedL bracket and,formed` at one end Witlr 35 a; Weightedhandle. and .Aat the other pend' with a1 head adaptedto be. passed'partially through registering notchesa the- Weighting of. v said: handleend normallyv tending to bring said? head into engagernentwithY thel 40registering notches, and the sides. ofsaid head beingca-ini shapedwhereby to, hold said plates against relative movement...

In t'estirnongvf: whereof I aifixmy signature.

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